Stuffed Peppers (southwestern-ish)

Quick, kinda lazy recipe. There are others that are better and more time consuming. The filling for this is really good so u can make that on its own tbh.

Ingredience

  • Olive oil
  • 1 onion, minced very fine (any type of onion is ok, I use red)
  • 6 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tbsp sofrito
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine for cooking (or beef broth/stock, water)
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 lb ground beef, 85-90% lean
  • 1/2 cup frozen mixed vegetables
  • 1 cup basmati rice, cooked (or some other grain)
  • Some kind of shredded cheese (optional, I used like Mexican taco blend or something)
  • 4 bell peppers

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400
  2. Heat oil, then cook onion on medium until translucent and maybe a little browned, 2-3 mins.
  3. Add garlic, seasonings, tomato paste, sofrito and cook until combined, 3-5 mins.
  4. Add in chosen liquid and cook until reduced, then season with salt and pep
  5. Incorporate ground beef, cook until done. Halfway through, add the mixed vegetables.
  6. While beef is cooking, cut off the tops of the peppers via running the knife along the outside and then twisting off. This keeps the seeded part inside. Remove the little leftover membrane bits inside and rinse. If keeping the tops, cut off the seeded part and rinse. If you haven’t already made your rice, do that now.
  7. Add rice to beef mixture and combine. Put a little cheese in there if u want and mix that in too.
  8. Stuff the peppers with the rice mixture. Put into a baking dish or something, then bake in oven for until peppers are blistered and brownish, maybe like 15-20 mins.